Apple's profit drops 22% as iPad sales slow; iPhone sales remain strong

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	Apple's profit drops 22% as iPad sales slow; iPhone sales remain strong Apple reported a drop in profits on roughly flat revenue for the April to June quarter, though the results were ahead of analysts' expectations, providing something of a silver lining for the company. Read More WHITE PAPER: EMC Corporation Backup and Recovery Changes This IDC Whitepaper provides an overview of the forces driving change within today's IT organizations and data centers and discusses how backup and recovery can enable or hinder broader IT infrastructure and business transformation. Learn more. In this Issue Forget the high margins, Apple -- cut iPad Mini prices Cut-rate iPhones? They're already here Wall Street pegs 4% slide in Mac sales, 6% boost to iPad The thinner, lighter Nexus 7 tablet Apple TV is put on notice with gamechanging Google product Chromecast JR Raphael: 10 interesting things about Google's new Chromecast media streamer Google releases Chromecast, a streaming Internet device for TVs Jonny Evans: Apple's R&D spend reaches record high; execs excited as new products loom Apple CEO wonders what those other guys' tablets are used for Apple releases ho-hum earnings report Mac sales slide for third straight quarter, fall 7% New Droid smartphones launched by Google WHITE PAPER: Dell Inc. Large Restaurant Chain Protects Over 350 Stores Boston Pizza, an international restaurant chain with over 350 stores, needed to provide secure access for remote and BYOD users, while maintaining a high level of network security for its distributed network and ensuring compliance with PCI DSS guidelines. Learn More Forget the high margins, Apple -- cut iPad Mini prices Apple sold 14% fewer iPads in the quarter that ended June 30 than in the same quarter last year, while the revenue from those sales plummeted by 27%. The solution? Cut prices, say analysts. Read More Cut-rate iPhones? They're already here Calls for Apple to start selling a lower-priced iPhone just don't make sense, an analyst said today, because Apple already sells millions of discounted smartphones. Read More Wall Street pegs 4% slide in Mac sales, 6% boost to iPad Mac sales fell 4% in the quarter that ended June 30, putting Apple into the same leaky boat as the much larger, problem-plagued PC industry, according to a survey of several dozen financial analysts. Read More The thinner, lighter Nexus 7 tablet The 2nd Generation Nexus 7 was unveiled in San Francisco, featuring Google's new OS, Jelly Bean 4.3. Read More Apple TV is put on notice with gamechanging Google product Chromecast The new Internet connected TV dongle is similar to other products on the market, but is priced much lower than those, at $35. Read More JR Raphael: 10 interesting things about Google's new Chromecast media streamer For a simple little device, there's a lot to say about Google's new $35 Chromecast media streamer. Here are 10 interesting things you might not know about the product. Read More WHITE PAPER: CDW Face Time Anytime Real-time communications facilitates team collaboration from nearly anywhere in the world. With facts and figures you can use to justify an investment, this paper highlights how your organization can reduce carrier services, lower maintenance costs, centralize trunking, reduce servers by running UC on VMs, and enhance productivity. Read Now Google releases Chromecast, a streaming Internet device for TVs Google released Chromecast in San Francisco on Wednesday, July 24. The streaming Internet device plugs into a TV's HDMI-port and allows any other device-- smartphones, tablets or computers-- to stream content to the TV. Read More Jonny Evans: Apple's R&D spend reaches record high; execs excited as new products loom Read between the lines of last night's Apple fiscal call (and take a look at its financial statements) and it's crystal clear new products are coming as Apple's r&d spend so far this year already dwarfs what it spent in the year before iPhone. Read More Apple CEO wonders what those other guys' tablets are used for Apple CEO Tim Cook on Tuesday let loose another salvo at rival tablets, audaciously dismissing them as devices that no one uses. Read More Apple releases ho-hum earnings report Revenue was 35.3 billion US dollars, up 1 percent from the same quarter in 2012, and profit was 6.9 billion, down 22 percent.Apple had already said it was expecting a weak quarter. Read More Mac sales slide for third straight quarter, fall 7% Mac sales in the second quarter contracted by nearly 7%, the third consecutive quarter of decline, sliding to 3.75 million systems, the lowest number in more than two years, the company reported. Read More New Droid smartphones launched by Google Motorola Mobility refreshed its lineup of Droid smartphones with three new models at an event in New York Tuesday. Read More
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